What I remember the most, unfortunately, were my thighs. As I was poised in stirrups, I couldn’t get my eyes, or my mind, off them. And not attractive, long, slightly...

The fault lies at the feet of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum. I’ve been living in a fool’s paradise. My entire life, I assumed, my breath was fairly benign. Thanks to...

It’s 5:45 AM and Poppy is quietly standing by my bedside. She stares at me, like the girl from The Ring, until I wake to her presence. I get so...

Mom let the freak flag fly the day I was born. All natural, no meds, completely appalling in the early 80s. She gave birth to my older sister under Twilight...

The front door was wide open when I pulled into the driveway. That bothered me a little, mostly because I don’t pay money to cool the outside. There could have...

My dad lifted me on to the kitchen island, walked all the way to the living room, put his arms out and said, “Okay. You ready? 1, 2, 3, jump!”...

I don’t know how I ended up on the floor, with my back nearly out shouting, “Shut up already! I can’t spin it any tighter!” While Rob says, “Don’t say...

The first sad moment I recall is the stain. My dad and brother were carrying boxes and my mom opened the door. There was a sea of black, greasy, shiny...

Moments before Rob caught this pic with Bruno, I was trying to read a book on my Kindle app, resting my tweaked back, when both my girls wanted to lay...

My girls have been competing over my attention and affection lately. Like at dinner, I have to sit in the middle of them so they can both “sit by mommy!”...